Laying-cabinet



J. -F. ELLIS.

- LAYING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15.'19I9.

1,342,434. v Patented June 8, 1920.

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J. F. ELLIS.

' LAYING CABINET. APPLICATION FILED AUG-I5, 19-19.

11,342,434. PatentedJune8,1920.'

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JOHN FRANKLIN ELLIs, or HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN-F. ELLIs, a citizefiof the :United States,'residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabelland State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements inLaying-(lablnets, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices used in the raising of poultry and'has for its object the provisionof a cabinet prov ded at each end withtrap doors and containing a plurality of nests within which the hens maylay, the device being adapted to serve as the means of communicationbetween the hen yard and a yard within which is kept a rooster, the ideabeing that the hens entering the device and after laylng, Wlll pass outat the other end thereof into the male pen where they may receiveattention so that proper fertilization of' the eggs will .be

insured.

It is well known among chicken raisers that a rooster surrounded by alarge flock of hens will not devote sufficient of his time to eating. Itis also well known that most hens lay before noon and it is thereforeapparent that in the use of my device the hens may be turned out of themale pen shortly after noon, thereby giving the rooster the greater partof his time to eat and keep strong. I 0 I Another object is theprovision of a cablnet of this character which is so constructed that itmaybe used as a trap nestas it is provided at its ends wlth trap doors,WlllCll, on account of, being somewhat dark, Wlll prevent the eating ofeggs by loafing hens, and which will consequently be an eflicient deviceand an improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich 7 Figure 1- is a plan view of the device show- 7 ing it as themeans of communication between a hen yard and a rooster yard andillustrating the working out of the system,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device, 7 Fig. 3 is a side elevation,

Fig. 4 1s aplan view with the "roof omitted,

t Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view, and

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view. Referring more particularlyto'thedraw- Specification of Letters Patent.

LAYING-CABINET.

' Application filed August 15, 1919.. Serial No. 317,735.

Patented line 8, 1920.

ings, Ihave shown-my device as comprising 7 .a rectangular casing or box10 of suitable dimensions Which ispreferably divided centrally into twocompartments by a platform or partitlon 11. At each endthe box isprovided with two doorways 12, those at one end being closedby inwardlyswinging trap doors 13 and those at the other end being closed byoutwardly swinging trap doors 14.

Beneath the uppermost doorways 12- are preferably disposed platforms 15upon whlch the hens may walk to facilitate their entrance to and exitfrom the device. Upon each side ofthe box 10 I provide openings 16 whichcommunicate with the lower compartments separately and which are closedby doors 1'? which are suitably hinged and which are provided withsuitable fastening means, and the purpose of which is to per mit accessof the operator to the interior of the device.

Disposed within the two compartments below and above the partition 11are short partitions 18 which are connected by longitudinal bars 19 andwhich provide a plurality of nests. It will be observed that theopenings 16 in the sides of the box allow the operator to remove theeggs from the nests.

In the use of the device it will be seen that in the carrying out of mysystem the box is placed at a'hole in the wall which separates a hen.yard A from'a male pen B. It will be apparent that when the hens desireto i lay they will enter thedevice through the doorway 12 at one endthereof, will lay, within any oneof the nests and will subf 'sequentlypass out through the outwardly opening trap doors 14. V The hens thusleaving the device will enter the male pen. As most of the hens laybefore noon they may all be turned out of the male pen at an early hourso as to permit the rooster to be undisturbed for the remainder of theday so that he may feed properly and keep in fit condition.

From the foregoing description and "a:

study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provid edavery simply con structed: cabinet which will economize in space as willtakecare'of the laying of a v great manyhens, which will serve the pur-'pose of'a trap nest, which will be lice-proof and otherwise sanitarywhen made of metal, and which will be a distinct improvement in the art.I v V v,

' While I have shown and described the pre- 7 tally disposed partitionarranged centrally or the scope of thesubjoined claims. r

Having thus described my invention, I claim: r

ferred embodiment of my invention it is of 1. A device of thecharacter-described comprising a rectangular casing,a l1or1zoni of saidcasing anddividing the interior thereofinto similar upper and lowercompartments, each end'of the casing being provided with doorways:communicating with the respective compartments, inwardly opening trapdoors closing the openings at one end of the casing, outwardly openingtrap doors closing the openings at the other end of the casing, thesidesof the casing being provided.with openings communicating with the lowercompartmentsyhinged doors normally closing said last named openings andcasing and connecting the upper portions of I said short partitions'anddefining therewith a plurality of separate nests.

2.; A device of the character described comprising a rectangular casing,a horizontal partition arranged Within said casing and dividing theinterior thereof into upper and lower compartments, each end of "thecasing being provlded wlth doorways communicating with the respectivecompartments inwardly opening trap do'ors'closing the doorways at oneend of the casing, outwardly opening trap doors closing'the doorwaysatthe other end of the casing, and a plurality of partitions disposedwithin each 1 compartment at the sides thereof and defining a pluralityof separate nests. r

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturel' JOHN FRANKLIN ELLIS

